String-ball for lacings of gloves



(No Model.) W. F. POSTER.

' STRING BALL FOR LAGINGS OP GLOVES.

N0.5'78,228. Pate n'tedMa r.2,1897.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. FOSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; LIVINGSTON GIFFORD, BERTHA M.FOSTER, AND T. N. FOSTER, EXEOUTORS OF SAID WILLIAM F. FOSTER, DECEASED,ASSIGNORS TO THE FOSTER, PAUL & COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

STRING-BALL FOR LACINGS OF GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,228, dated March 2,1897.

A u i m June 20,1893. Serial N6. 478,280. (NomorleL) To all whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM F. FOSTER, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inString-Balls for the Lacings of Gloves, of which the following is aspecification.

Heretofore string-balls have been constructed of sheet metal, cup shapein form,

and perforated through the base, the cord being threaded endwise throughthe perforation, then knotted on the end, and the knot drawn back intothe ball.

The object of my invention is to facilitate and cheapen the applicationof the balls,

which I do by splitting them from the perforation out to one edge,thereby enabling the application of the ball by forcing the string orlacing laterallythrough said split into the perforation through thebase.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom view of mystring-ball detached from the string. Fig. 2 is a side View of the sameattached to the string. Fig. 3 is an isometric View with the string-ballin central longitudinal section and the string shown in dotted lines.Fig. 4 is a side view illustrating the string-ball in the act of beingapplied to the string.

a is the base of the string-ball, containing the perforation b, ofproper size to accommodate the string.

0 is the side of the string-ball, which is shown as hexagonal in form,but may be of 3 5 any other desired form.

01 is the string or lacing.

e is a slot or split narrower than the diameter of the perforation b andextending radially from the perforation out through the base a andthrough the side 0.

the edge of the side 0 the sides of the slot or split preferablydiverge, as at f, forming an angular notch,which may be repeated aroundthe edge of the side, so as to produce a fluted edge, as shown in thedrawings.

As it reaches sufficiently elastic and yielding to admit of this beingdone; but upon the string reaching the perforation b it and the slot inthe ball will return to their normal size sufficiently to 0ppose anyordinary forces tending to cause the escape of the string through theslot, while the knot on the end of the string within the ball willprevent its escape endwise.

The notch f, having its apex at the slot, serves to lead the cord intothe slot, and thus greatly facilitates the application of the ball.

I claim 1. As an article of manufacture, a stringball, cup shape inform, having a baseextending transversely to the sides of the ball andformed with a perforation, the side walls and the base being each formedwith a split smaller than the diameter of said perforation, the split inthe base leading from the perforation therein and connecting with thesplit in the side, substantially as and for the purposes described. I

2. As an article of manufacture, a stringball, cup shape in form, havinga base extending transversely to the sides of the ball and formed with aperforation, the side wall and the base being each formed with a split,the split in the side extending from the base to the outer edge of theside where the sides of the split are caused to recede from. each other,and the split in the base leading from the perforation therein andconnecting with the split in the side, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

WILLIAM F. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

FRED S. KEMPEE, J. E. GREER.

